CHAPTER 3

The Almost Kiss...

A/N:
Sorry it has been so long...I have had alot of homework and personal health issues...:P I promise I will try and write the next chapter quickly! Please REVIEW with any Ideas! BTW: Sorry for any spelling mastakes, i know there are some in there...my spell check isn't working right now, i apologize...

Sakume blinked her eyes open and smiled inwardly.
"Today is just the beginning...of who the hell knows what, I just hope my plan works, what am I talking about? Of course it will."
She swung her legs over the side of her bed. She sat up and pracically jumped to her feet.
Sakume strided to her bags of assorted brown shades. She stuck her hand into the middle pocket, she felt a smooth but small surface.
"I almost forgot!" She pulled out her mp3. She smiled and stuck her arm in once again and pulled out her doc.
She skipped over to her wall and plugged it in before turning up the one dial and choosing a song.

~I like your smile, I like your vibe,I like your style, but that's not why I love you.
And I, I like the way, you're such a star, but thats not why I love you.
Hey, do you feel, do you feel me? Do you feel what I feel too?
Do you need, do you need me? Do you need me-e-e?~ It was her favourite song, she ran over to her night table and grabbed her brush.
she spun and danced as she started to sing along.
"you're so beau-ti-ful, but that's not why I love you, I'm not sure you know...
that the reason I love you is you, being you, just you. Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through.
And that's why I love you!"

Still singing with hair brush in hand, dancing around...she didn't notice the door open.
"Umm...Sakume-san?" She turned so quickly to see Gaara at her door with a slight expression of guilt and a slight blush for interrupting.
The medic dropped her hair brush on the floor and sat on the bed in one movement as if nothing happend, but she quickly realized the music was still playing. Sakume slowly almost trying to hide the fact that she flipped the off swich before rapidly retreating her limb.
"Yes Gaara, I was just sitting here..." He held back a chuckle.
"I see that...I'm sorry I interrupted you, doing nothing..." He smirked.
"Yes. Well, what, was it?"
"I was coming to tell you breakfast is ready."
"Right, I'm going to have to get used to that..."
"Get used to what?" He looked puzzled.
"Having breakfast, I'm usually already at the hospital." She smiled.
"Oh well, it's here and ready every morning..."
"What is it today?" Sakume got up and grabbed a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt as she put them on.
"You'll just have to wait and see." With that he left.

She smiled to herself and jumped on her bed before jumping off the other side, landing with only a faint thud and running out the door.
The medic nin only ran down a half a dozen stairs before jumping the rest and landing with grace at the bottom. Everyone turned to see her landing.
"Goodmorning,"
She said in a cheerful tone as a greeting to everyone. She waltzed over to the fridge to get a glass of milk.
Kankuro just happened to be beside her getting his own beverage of orange juice. He smirked and bumped her hip with his.
She looked over to him and did the same only instead of returning to her previous possisition his muscular arm wrapped around her waist. At this point everyone was watching with confusion. Sakume spun out of his arms and grabbed her drink before seating herself beside Shikamaru and an empty seat, which Kankuro took. It was right across from Kiba.
: Yes! :

Nobody said anything as breakfast went on and the two playfully ate. Kankuro saw her hand all alone on her lap and intertwined his fingers with hers. She got butterflies in her stomach and so did he.
She quickly recovered and smiled at him before laying her head on his shoulder taking another bite of her waffle.
Kiba was fed up with jealousy. He growled before jumping to his feet and storming off.
Sakume applauded herself inside he head, she couldn't show she was happy, she kept a stright face for a few seconds but barried her face and smiled into the puppet master's chest. He kissed the top of her head and softly chuckled.

There was a soft knock at Sakume's door.
"Yes?" The door was already open as Shikamaru walked in.
"Oh, Kankuro. I didn't relize you were in here too." He looked at them cuddled up on the bed playing a game.
"Do you mind, I'm going to talk to Sakume for a sec."
She kissed him on the cheek as a sign of approval. Kankuro left making sure to close the door.
"What's up with you two?" Shika sat on the edge of the bed.
"He asked me out..."
"And you said yes?" He raised an eyebrow.
"No Shika, no I didn't, that's why we're together..." Her voice was laced with sarcasim."
Ume, he's a player, I'll bet you any money he is sleeping with three other girls right now."
"Shika have faith in me."
"It's not you, it's him...are you sure he actually likes you?'
"Why are you asking me this?"
"I care. And I don't want to see you hurt again." His features softened.
"I know, that's why I love you, you always look out for me." She got up and embraced her friend.
"No matter what, don't ever leave me." She said into his shoulder.
"I wouldn't even if you wanted me to."
"Good, cuz I don't..." She gave him one more squeeze before they released eachother.

"Ume, why can't you just be normal?" The lazy nin shouted up the stairs to his friend. She smirked and hopped up onto the railing of the staircase and slid down as if to be snowbording. She had every intention of landing on her feet but Kankuro came around the corner. He had different plans. She reached the end and was scooped up into his arms. He spun her around into the air before placing her onto her feet.
"I would've landed on my feet just fine y'know..."
"I know." He smirked and leaned closer, he didn't know what he was doing, for some reason he couldn't stop.
Kiba interrupted by pulling sakume away.
"Let's go before the world ends.
Everybody looked at eachother but followed, Sakume was still dazed and being dragged by the jealous Kiba...
and Kankuro clenched his fists and his eye twiched ever so slightly as he eventually caught up an snached Sakume from Kiba's grasp as they walked into the dumpling shop she was looking at the night before.
They sat in a booth, all 6 of them. On one side was Kankuro, Sakume, and MoMo. This left Kiba, Gaara, and Shikamaru on the other side of the table.

The waiter came and took their orders and returned with their food, leaving as quickly as they came.
"This, This is really good!" Mo stuffed her face.
Sakume glared at her best friend.
"Are you sure, can you taste it...maybe if you slow down it will taste better."
"Yeah I can Tast it, it taste like dumplings."
Sakume giggled. "Maybe we should tell sombody, I don't think there suppost to taste like that at all." She took a bite of her own dumpling.

Kankuro put his arm around her and they occasionally would lean on each other or whisper to eachother.
Every time this would happen Kiba would get jealous and as a result Sakume would feel his leg brush against hers.
She shot him a look which he ignored and looked down at his plate. When he saw this wasn't effecting her as much he annonced that he was going to take a walk around Suna.

they all arrived back at at the Kazekage's tower. Gaara excused himself to his duties. Shikamaru went and got back to doing nothing, and Mo wanted to check out the library. So there they were Sakume and Kankuro, just standing there.
"I want to show you something..." The puppet master grabbed a hold of her arm and dragged her away, crossing through buildings, and down several dusty roads til her eyes rested on a blanket and basket on a hill under a plum tree, it was of course in a pot...
as the climate is way to hot in Suna, but it was beautiful all the same. She waited till they came to a stop infront of it, just incase she was wrong that it was for her. He avoided eye contact, he was afraid of her reaction.
:What is wrong, with me, i should be 100 times more confident, damn...i need to step up my game:
"Kankuro, you didnt have to do this, nobodies here..."
"I know..." he flashed a smirk as he guided her to sit down and opened the sandy looking box.
He just looked at her, not saying anything. Being as curious as she was, that didn't give her any satisfaction, she looked down in the basket. At first she didn't see anything but she looked into a corner to see two bottles of water.
Sakume pulled her hear to meet Kankuro's gaze. He could see her confusion and smirked as he plucked off two plums from the tree above and rolled on down his arm and off into the air as she caught it.

Just as she set it down beside Kankuro's plum. She starred into his eyes. He swore he felt at complete peace looking into her beautiful and powerful blue eyes. he started to move closer, not controling his urge to kiss her. She didnt reject his suggestion as their eyes closed...

A/N: lol what will happen? Where is Kiba? Things you'll find out in the nexy chapter! XD So stay toon!

Sakume: Aww I want ed to know what happens...damn...

Kankuro: Damnitt, me too!

Shika: ? -raise eyebrow-

Gaara: ? -raises fake eybrow-

Kiba: I don't

Everyone: -deathly glare at Kiba-

Kiba What? You wouldn't either if you were in my position... -walks away-

Everyone: -secretly agrees- Anyways REVIEW PLEASE! It modivates the writer!